Udacity – can we bring education to areas that do not have it? Can we upskills people who are in mind life not prepared for current jobs? Higher Ed is not helping in this area – “a university built by silicon valley’. A nanodegree..

Moonshot thinking

Escape the limits of the past in a way that is logical and purposeful. What will be useful 50 years from now, can help open up thinking? Then take a 50 year horizon and do it in 2! The analogy of mountain climbing: you need a clear, shared vision; do the climb; trust the process; constant mistakes and false summits are still progress; no planning, just do it, step after step.

Communication

He advises NOT to communicate, especially with authority figures who might slow it down – stop talking and just do it. The more you share, the less pristine the project is is, the greater embarrassment it can be. Secret failure!

Human motivation

Better to have clear mission, freedom to go ahead

Launch, fail, learn, relaunch

A fast spiral cycle is much better than a perfection model. Launch, fail, apologise and learn.

The ‘DSWC’

His award for breaking the company! It means people are trying even if they are failing. Remove the culture of fear of trying.